Mark 2 August 2019 in your personal memoirs as the day Australia's economic trajectory changed forever. That day was the start of the 2019 AUSMIN ministerial talks between Australia and the United States. With geopolitical tensions between the US and ... Read more

A financial advice revolution is about to land on our doorstep and it has nothing to do with FASEA or the Royal Commission. In the final days before Christmas last year the Federal Court issued a ruling that - if ASIC doesn't win its appeal - fundamentally ... Read more

Financial Standard's latest adviser survey on the adoption of managed accounts provides key insights on why the industry is enjoying dramatic growth. Ready or not, managed accounts are coming. According to Rainmaker platform surveys, the value of ... Read more

The banking and financial services Royal Commission is now in full swing electrifying audiences on a daily if not hourly basis. The irony is that it's not the behaviour of the banks causing the nuclear angst, but that of their financial advice licensee ... Read more

... the platform market - will fundamentally change the role of financial advisers, Rainmaker Group director of research Alex Dunnin said. Highlighting the latest Rainmaker research based on 15 managed account platform providers that host 580 unique managed ... Read more

Nudging managed accounts into the mainstream is recognition of the win-win proposition they offer: not only do they provide a simpler and easier way to administer improved client outcomes but they add value to the advisory businesses using them. Illustrating ... Read more

... advisers believe that managed accounts will either retain or increase their current popularity over the next three years. Alex Dunnin, executive director of research at Rainmaker Group, gets to the bottom of this emerging trend by drawing on some key ... Read more